Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way Tab by Hank Williams, Jr.

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Lord, it's the same old tune, fiddle and guitar
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Where do you take it from here?
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I  have rhinestone suits, I have new shiny cars
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I've had it all for years
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I'd like a change

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Verse 2

Somebody told me,

when I lived up in Nashville

Boy, you finally got it made

Your daddy struck it rich

But I don't believe you will

if you don't start doin' it like I say

Hey, I don't think Hank had done it this way

Interlude 1

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I've been

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Verse 3
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twenty years on the road,
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making 'em one night stand
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Speeding my young life away
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But just tell me one more time
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just so 's I understand
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Are you sure Hank done it this way?
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Was you standing there back in '48?

Verse 4
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Lord, I've seen this world
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with a five piece band
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Starin' at the backside of little Bocephus
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I was singin' every one of his songs,
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not many of mine back then
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But I don't think Hank been all that for us
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No, I don't think Hank
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has been all that for us

Interlude 2

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Lord, it’s the

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Verse 5
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same old tune,
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fiddle and guitar
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Where do we take it from here?
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I had to go to Alabama,
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but it wasn't very far
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To find the sound I want to hear
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And I love the change

Outro 1
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And if I don't think Hank'd done it this way?
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Waymore, your song had a whole lot to say
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I  wasn't around in '48
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Lord, I don't think Hank had done it this way
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